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Colby Lovell’s third Riata Championship win meant a little more because the horse underneath him came straight out of the program he and his wife have spent years building.
Lovell rode Royal Underdog to the Pro Futurity win at the 2026 Riata Championships, helping secure the $100,000 payday. But the story behind the win stretches back much farther than Guthrie. Royal Underdog’s dam has been in the Lovell family since she was 3, while sire Metallic Payday was a horse Lovell bought as a yearling and believed in early.
On this episode of The Score, Lovell talks about watching those breeding decisions turn into winners, what he looks for in truly special horses and the responsibility he believes falls back on the horseman when developing them.
“If I see something that I think has greatness in them, I don’t care what it costs, I’m going to get that horse because it’s not up to the horse, it’s up to me,” Lovell said. “It’s not how many numbers you ride, it’s how many numbers you show up with.”
He also gets into his own continued education as a horseman, including stepping outside the rope-horse world to work with cutting-bred colts and putting himself in situations that force him to keep learning.
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Kissing spines occurs when the vertebrae along a horse’s back sit too close together and might touch or overlap, potentially causing pain and limiting the horse’s performance. Affected horses might show signs such as sensitivity when saddled, reluctance to work, or bucking under saddle, but some horses with kissing spines might not show signs of pain.
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About the Experts:
Katie McKenna, DVM, is a sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, she developed her passion for equine sports medicine through her hunter/equitation career and completed her veterinary degree at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, followed by an equine sports medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, in Kennett Square. Her clinical and research interests include equine athletic performance, advanced diagnostic imaging, and regenerative medicine, and she has served as an official veterinarian at major equestrian events, including the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill and the Devon Horse Show.

Bailey Decker, DVM, received her BS in animal science and minored in biomedical engineering at The Ohio State University, in Columbus. She then went on to earn her veterinary degree from Long Island University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in New York, in 2024. Decker enjoys working with equine athletes as a veterinarian with Unionville Equine Associates, in Oxford, Pennsylvania.

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Equine nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes offers care and feeding tips to help owners prepare thin senior horses for cold weather.
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Happy Veterans Day! Long-time Thoroughbred industry executive and cartoonist Remi Bellocq to chat about his brand-new book, Horses Are Funny. Plus, David Saunders helps a listener whose driving horse was bolting and some mighty weird news, listen in...
HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 4081– Show Notes and Links:
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Time Stamps:
03:00 - Daily Whinnies
10:30 - Remi Bellocq
34:50 - David Saunders
46:30 - Weird News